Raymond Alexander Firmani

Military

Object Number - UPL 60329 - 1st Lt Raymond Firmani

Assigned to 835BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 25 x combat missions. ETD

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), Good Conduct, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.

 

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Camden, New Jersey 19 September 1921 Camden, New Jersey

Enlisted

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 December 1942 Enlisted Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorMitch Topal
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The collection of Ray Firmani

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ContributorMitch Topal
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Fan page for Ray Firmani's biography

Date
ContributorMitch Topal
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From the collection of Ray Firmani

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